TABLE 3.
Disk sensitivity assaya
| Strain | Disk sensitivity with the following treatmenta:
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|---|---|---|---|
| 5% Cumene hydroperoxide | 5% t-Butyl hydroperoxide | 2 mM paraquat | |
| Wild type | 7.3 ± 1.5 | 13.5 ± 1.2 | 1.1 ± 0.1 |
| ahpC::Kan type I | 11.7 ± 2.4 | 9.0 ± 0.2 | 9.5 ± 0.5 |
| ahpC::Kan type II | 12.9 ± 2.3 | 19.8 ± 1.0 | 10.4 ± 1.1 |
| napA::Cm | 7.3 ± 1.3 | 14 ± 1.7 | 1.1 ± 0.1 |
| ahpC napA | 9.9 ± 1.3 | 20.5 ± 1.7 | 13.7 ± 0.9 |
a
Zones of inhibition were measured (in millimeters) around filter paper disks saturated with 10 μl of the indicated compounds. Water as a control did not yield any zones of growth inhibition. Results are the averages ± standard deviations from five independent experiments.